Western Capercaillie — Giclée on Paper Canada the snow-filled couloirs — observed

the snow-filled couloirs — observed and placed with care

neck craning forward over a stand of autumn cattails

The skunk's confidence is part of the painting's character: this is an animal that knows no predator will approach it

leaving no room for anything else

is itself a major achievement in the painting

Western Capercaillie — Giclée on Paper Canada the snow-filled couloirs — observedA Western Capercaillie the largest of the grouse family, a bird of the old Scots and Scandinavian pine forests painted with the same anatomical precision Glen brought to all his bird subjects. The Capercaillie's extraordinary plumage, with its iridescent green breast, fan tail, and red wattles, is a complex rendering challenge, and Glen met it with the disciplined colour mixing his watercolour technique permitted. This European species sits outside